I like the spiral bound version, I've found that it survives the battering it gets "on the road" and at home and is still servicable after 3 or 4 years. I like the fact that it will lie flat and remain open on the page you want. Winning formula.

If spiral bound is the better quality and works out cheaper, then for gaming purposes, that is my preference. I will just continue to remove the spiral and put the pages in a Display Folder. Still awaiting a sample from Starkadder re his version of a Display Folder.

I prefer hardback. I'm always worried that with spinal the pages will rip out and on one occasion a page came off the spinal back [but went back on OK]. I've had a set of wargaming rules published. They were in hardback and very well done [ a large famous publisher you've all heard of].I was told that to have them printed in China was relatively inexpensive [ but I wasn't involved in that part].

My opinion is if you do hardback then the quality of the paper, pictures, text must be of a very high standard as your selling to both players and collectors. A spiral book gives you more breathing room and saves you money for other projects like supplements. Personally I love well done hardbacks as I'm both a collector and gamer, but a spiral is easier to use and I like supplements. I'll buy whatever you decide.

What about ringbinder? You can put it into the shelf as it has a nice backcover, it lies flat on the table like a spiralbound - and if there are amendmends or changes you could simply rerelease the relevant page(s) as pdf and everybody can print them out and replace the outdated pages...

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